The Means Of Naming: A Social History

Names are never given accidentally; they are chosen and bestowed according to rules that reflect fundamental features of the society and culture concerned. This is a study of the nature and history of naming practices in Western Europe.

Preface

x

Part I Ancient Rome

1

(62)

The name system: individual and family

3

(17)

The tria nomina

4

(1)

Praenomina

5

(2)

Gentilicia

7

(2)

Cognomina

9

(6)

Women's names

15

(3)

Transmission of names

18

(2)

Name and status

20

(17)

Aristocratic names

20

(3)

Imperial names and titles

23

(2)

Slave names

25

(5)

Freedmen

30

(5)

Children of mixed marriages

35

(2)

Roman expansion

37

(10)

Roman citizenship

37

(2)

Soldiers' names

39

(2)

Romanization

41

(6)

Late Roman names

47

(16)

The emergence of the single name

47

(4)

Status, ancestry and polyonomy

51

(4)

Supernomina

55

(3)

Names of Christians

58

(5)

Part II The Middle Ages

63

(120)

Germanic names

65

(21)

Latin to Germanic names

65

(5)

The Germanic name system:

70

(10)

The Franks

71

(3)

The Anglo-Saxons

74

(6)

Leading names and kinship structure

80

(6)

Christian names

86

(29)

The advent of Christian names

86

(6)

The names of the clergy

92

(7)

The reasons why

99

(4)

Name fashions and name stock

103

(12)

Second names: I

115

(35)

The introduction of the second name

115

(3)

Types of second name:

118

(32)

Second names from nicknames

118

(5)

Second names from first names

123

(9)

Second names from places

132

(12)

Second names from occupations

144

(6)

Second names: II

150

(33)

Transitional forms

150

(4)

The standardization of second names

154

(5)

Second names in context

159

(3)

The second name and the family

162

(10)

Women and names

172

(5)

Titles

177

(6)

Part III Modern times

183

(153)

First names 1500--1900: I

185

(30)

The repertoire of names

185

(5)

Names and religion:

190

(11)

Saints' names

190

(3)

Protestantism

193

(8)

Other perennial styles

201

(7)

Politics and fashion

208

(7)

First names 1500--1900: II

215

(27)

Multiple names

215

(6)

Transmission

221

(13)

Usage

234

(8)

Family names, titles and nicknames

242

(48)

Family names

242

(21)

Titles

263

(9)

Noble names and titles

272

(8)

Nicknames

280

(10)

America

290

(26)

First names

290

(12)

Second names, titles and nicknames

302

(6)

Black names

308

(8)

Europe in the twentieth century

316

(20)

France

316

(8)

Britain

324

(10)

Italy

334

(2)

Conclusion

336

(3)

Notes

339

(14)

Glossary

353

(1)

Bibliography

354

(32)

Index

386

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